Q 01/05

What object does the Grammy trophy depict?

A) A microphone

B) A gramophone

C) A vinyl record

D) A tuning fork

Answer · why

B) A gramophone

A gramophone tone arm so thin that it kept breaking was John Billings's main concern when he redesigned the Grammy in the early 1990s.

Q 02/05

Which organisation presents the Grammy Awards?

A) The RIAA

B) Billboard

C) The American Federation of Musicians

D) The Recording Academy

Answer · why

D) The Recording Academy

The Recording Academy's voting members are music professionals, and in 1997 it launched a separate Latin Recording Academy to run the Latin Grammys.

Q 03/05

Which Hollywood landmark's committee inspired the Grammys?

A) Walk of Fame

B) Hollywood Bowl

C) Chinese Theatre

D) Capitol Records Tower

Answer · why

A) Walk of Fame

Compiling music names for the Hollywood Walk of Fame, executives saw many industry leaders who would never earn a star, so they created their own awar...

Q 04/05

Which singer won two of the first Grammys with her songbook albums?

A) Ella Fitzgerald

B) Billie Holiday

C) Sarah Vaughan

D) Dinah Washington

Answer · why

A) Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald won Best Female Vocal Performance for her Irving Berlin Song Book and a jazz award for her Duke Ellington Song Book.

Q 05/05

Which singer died at the Beverly Hilton the night before the 2012 Grammys, prompting a Jennifer Hudson tribute?

A) Whitney Houston

B) Etta James

C) Donna Summer

D) Aretha Franklin

Answer · why

A) Whitney Houston

Jennifer Hudson sang Whitney Houston's 'I Will Always Love You' at the 2012 Grammys, held the day after Houston died.